What is your main purpose To inform readers

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§ What is your main purpose? § To inform readers about some aspect of

§ What is your main purpose? § To inform readers about some aspect of everyday life (places and activities around us that we rarely get to know intimately) § To give readers a behind-the-scenes look at an intriguing or unusual activity § To surprise readers by presenting unusual subjects or familiar ones in new ways § To offer a new way to look at and think about the cultural significance of the subject § To bridge the distance between outsiders’ perceptions and the lived experience of people as they try to communicate, construct their identities, and define their value § What are you assuming about the audience? § That audience members know nothing or very little about the subject § That they will be interested and possibly amused by a particular aspect of the subject § That they will be intrigued by the perspective the writer takes or fascinated by certain quotes or descriptive details

§ Detailed information § A clear, logical organization § Writer’s role § Perspective on

§ Detailed information § A clear, logical organization § Writer’s role § Perspective on the subject

§ Describing strategies include: § Naming § Detailing § Comparing § Most information in

§ Describing strategies include: § Naming § Detailing § Comparing § Most information in a profile comes from observation and is therefore described, but information may also come from § Interviews § Background research § To give information from sources you can § Quote § Paraphrase § Summarize § You should always research your subject thoroughly

§ Ways to organize Narratively 2. Guided tour of a place or story 3.

§ Ways to organize Narratively 2. Guided tour of a place or story 3. An array of topics 1.

§ A spectator or detached observer--the writer’s position is like that of the reader—an

§ A spectator or detached observer--the writer’s position is like that of the reader—an outsider looking in on the people and their activities § A participant observer—the writers participates in the activity being profiled and acquires insider knowledge § Sometimes writers use both roles

§ This is the main idea or cultural significance that the writer wants readers

§ This is the main idea or cultural significance that the writer wants readers to take away from reading the profile. § Profiles create a dominant impression through their description and narration. But they also analyze and interpret the subject, conveying their perspective explicitly through commentary as well as implicitly through tone.